August 31, 2026
Gold opened the week unchanged at Rs467,936 a tola for 24-karat metal, holding the level it fell to on Friday after a Rs15,100 slide. Petrol stays at Rs342.02 a litre and diesel at Rs371.44, while the KSE-100 traded slightly lower and Brent held above $90 after the US strike on Larak Island.
August 24, 2026
The benchmark index was up 716.47 points at 177,882.99 in Monday's session, building on Friday's gain and approaching the 178,000-180,000 band that has capped it through August.
August 22, 2026
The benchmark index gained 574.76 points on Friday to close at 177,166.52, recovering Thursday's loss and more. It remains below the 178,000-180,000 band that has capped it repeatedly this month.
August 21, 2026
The benchmark index closed Thursday down 254.59 points at 176,591.77 after a volatile session, with banking heavyweights accounting for most of the fall and the oil and gas sector limiting it. The 178,000-180,000 band remains unbroken.
August 13, 2026
Petrol has been cut by Re0.94 to Rs324.98 while high-speed diesel rose Re0.54 to Rs382.79 — the two moving in opposite directions on three of the past six revisions. The KSE-100 closed slightly lower but held above 180,000.
August 3, 2026
The KSE-100 rose as much as 2,891.83 points, or 1.64 per cent, to an intraday high of 178,985.94 as oil fell nearly 5 per cent on hopes of fresh US-Iran talks. OPEC+ separately raised September output by 188,000 barrels per day.
July 25, 2026
Gold edged higher in Pakistan's bullion market on Saturday, with 24-karat rates climbing to Rs427,736 per tola as Gulf conflict risk, elevated crude prices and a shifting Federal Reserve rate outlook kept investors in safe-haven mode. The rupee held steady against the dollar even as the equity market closed the week lower.
July 24, 2026
Pakistan's KSE-100 index shed over 1,300 points on Thursday in a session that opened positively before sustained selling pressure — driven by geopolitical tension and rising global crude — pulled the benchmark well into negative territory. The index touched an intraday high of 175,237 before sliding to a low of 171,655, as energy and industrial stocks led broad-based declines.
July 23, 2026
The KSE-100 index recovered approximately 600 points on July 23 as buying interest returned to the Pakistan Stock Exchange following a two-session sell-off that had dragged the benchmark from its July 21 intraday high of 178,370 to a July 22 close of 174,429.92. The recovery was broad-based, with institutional buyers returning to selective positions in oil marketing companies, cements and banks. The index had shed nearly 4,000 points over July 21–22 as geopolitical pessimism and fuel price hikes weighed on sentiment.
July 22, 2026
The KSE-100 index shed approximately 400 points in early trading on July 22, reversing a portion of the prior session's 2,442-point rally, as selling pressure emerged in oil marketing companies, automobile assemblers, cement, fertiliser and power generation sectors. The index touched 175,713.69 — down 419.87 points or 0.24% — as market participants reassessed the durability of US-Iran mediation developments that had driven Tuesday's surge. Stocks partially recovered by the close but remained lower on the session.
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